Considered one of my favourite occasions of the yr is approaching quick! Awesome Games Done Quick 2020 begins on Saturday, January 5.

Like yearly, the speedrunning marathon will go on for per week and soak up donations for the Forestall Most cancers Basis. Final yr’s occasion raised over $2.Four million.

Beneath, I’ve highlighted 5 of the runs that I’m trying essentially the most ahead to watching. However make sure to take a look at your complete schedule. And if you happen to miss a run reside, don’t fret! It’ll be uploaded to GDQ’s YouTube web page.

Mario & Luigi: Celebrity Saga

Run by Sjorec and murmilio

All bosses co-op

Monday, January 6 at 1:48 a.m.

Celebrity Saga is without doubt one of the greatest RPGs ever thanks to its humor and timing-based battle system. I can’t wait to see how two folks deal with this basic on the similar time.

Above: The Outer Worlds is acquainted in a variety of good methods.

Picture Credit score: Obsidian

The Outer Worlds

Run by Sharo

Any %

Monday, January 6 at 4:35 p.m.

The Outer Worlds was considered one of my favourite new video games of 2019. Sharo is anticipating to beat this large RPG in about 20 minutes, and I’m going to have a variety of enjoyable studying precisely how that’s even potential.

The Legend of Zelda sequence

Run by Pro_JN, BluntBunny, Cantaloupeme, TGH, Rezovayix, rcdrone, JoshRTA, Greenmario, and justinman114

NES/SNES relay 

Tuesday, January 7 at 5:26 p.m.

These runners are going to deal with The Legend of Zelda, Zelda 2: The Journey of Hyperlink, and The Legend of Zelda: A Hyperlink to the Previous in a row. Three groups will every have three gamers, and so they’ll swap runners for every sport. Any Zelda fan ought to love this.

Above: Mega Man 5.

Picture Credit score: Capcom

Mega Man 4 to 6

Run by ohon, becored, DarkTerrex, Ppotdot1, FeralPigMan, Resistingframe, Sagehero, lookintoad, and Notriley4

Any % relay

Wednesday, January eight at 7:13 p.m.

Sure, it’s one other relay race, however I’ve to embody at the least one Mega Man occasion on this listing. Plus, the latter three Mega Man video games for the NES are underappreciated. I’m comfortable to see them get some love at AGDQ.

Fireplace Emblem: Three Homes

Run by Claris

Home bid conflict

Thursday, January 9 at 6:30 p.m.

Three Homes was my Sport of the Yr for 2019. Heck, it was the Sport of the Yr for the entire website! Getting by way of a method sport at a quick tempo isn’t any simple feat, and I’m excited to see which of the three homes get picked for this run.